Night review of “Falstaff”: The fat man isn’t fat at all, but he’s spreading himself

2023-08-13 06:06:44

Christoph Marthaler once once more as a director at the Salzburg Festival: he lost his way badly with Verdi’s “Falstaff”.

In the famous final fugue of “Falstaff” it says “tutti gabbati” in addition to the forgiving “Everything in the world is farce”. Everyone is cheated, deceived. That’s exactly it. Anyone expecting a “Falstaff” production heard Verdi but never saw “Falstaff”. …

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